Which naval command will the visiting Fijian delegation inspect during its trip to Kochi?

The correct answer is New Delhi. The second meeting of the bilateral Joint Working Group between India and Fiji was held in the Indian capital on 28 September 2026, where the two sides went through military training and capacity building, service-to-service engagement, maritime security, cyber training and collaboration in the defence industry. Option A names the capital of Fiji, which did not host this round. Option C is wrong as the venue of the meeting, although Kochi does appear in the story, because the Fijian delegation is to travel there on 29 and 30 September to inspect facilities of the Southern Naval Command. Option D is wrong because Port Blair was not connected with this engagement. Candidates should note the edition number as well, since a question may ask whether this was the first or the second meeting of the group.

The correct answer is Amitabh Prasad, Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) in the Ministry of Defence. He co-chaired the second Joint Working Group meeting along with Mason Smith, the Permanent Secretary for Defence and Veterans Affairs of Fiji. Option A is a tempting choice because Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh did meet the Fijian official, but that was a separate call on the sidelines and not the chairing of the group. Option B is wrong because the Chief of the Naval Staff was not named in this engagement, even though maritime cooperation was on the agenda. Option D is wrong because the Foreign Secretary had no part in this defence meeting. The distinction between chairing a working group and receiving a visitor on the sidelines is exactly the kind of detail a careful question will test.

The correct answer is 1958. Ethiopia is counted among India's important defence partners and the association between the two militaries dates from that year, which makes it one of India's older defence links on the African continent. Option A is wrong because that is the year of India's independence and no defence partnership with Ethiopia is traced to it. Option C is wrong because nothing in this account places the beginning of the relationship in that year, although it is a familiar date in Indian military history for other reasons. Option D is wrong for the same reason; by then the partnership was already several decades old. The relationship has been formalised in recent years through a Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding and raised to a Strategic Partnership in December 2025.

The correct answer is Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, where the two sides met to discuss military training, exercises, medical cooperation, peacekeeping and defence industries. Option A is wrong because New Delhi hosted the first meeting of this mechanism, in October 2025, and the second round moved to the other capital under the usual practice of alternating venues. Option C is wrong because Nairobi is the capital of Kenya and has no part in this particular dialogue, which is strictly bilateral between India and Ethiopia. Option D is wrong because Djibouti, although it lies in the same region and hosts several foreign military facilities, is not where this meeting was held. The Indian delegation was drawn from the Department of Defence and Air Headquarters, and India's Ambassador to Ethiopia took part as well.

The correct answer is February 2025, when the defence ministers of the two countries signed the Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding that set up the standing mechanism for these consultations. Option B is wrong because that is when the first meeting under the mechanism was held, in New Delhi; the agreement came first and the meeting followed from it. Option C is wrong because that is when the Prime Minister of India visited Ethiopia and the two countries raised their relationship to the level of a Strategic Partnership, a separate milestone. Option D is wrong because no step in this sequence falls in that month. Aspirants should keep the order clear: the memorandum, then the first round of talks, then the elevation of ties, and now the second round in the Ethiopian capital.